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A video is going viral claiming that the IDF “abused a toddler.” It is being amplified by Al Jazeera and echoed by the likes of Iltija Mufti in India. Sounds horrific. That is exactly the point. Now here is what actually happened, a story most people will not hear. Last Thursday, IDF troops spotted a suspicious individual walking toward them in a high-risk combat zone, the so-called Yellow Line area. He was carrying something in his arms. That something turned out to be a 3-year-old child. The troops did what any trained force does. They issued repeated warnings to stop. He did not. He kept advancing. Closing distance. In a live combat zone, toward armed soldiers who had no way of knowing intent. At that point, the IDF fired warning shots, not at him, but at the roadside, to create distance. The goal was not to harm. It was to stop a potentially lethal situation. Some splinters may have caused minor injuries. Then comes the part that completely changes the narrative. The man was apprehended. During questioning, he admitted to being a Hamas operative. He also admitted something chilling. He brought his own toddler with him deliberately as a human shield, believing IDF troops would hesitate to act. Let that sink in. A child was not abused. A child was weaponized. And what did the IDF do? They took the toddler in. Gave him medical attention. Fed him. Kept him under constant supervision of a physician and officers. Wrapped him in a thermal blanket. Then they contacted the International Committee of the Red Cross and ensured he was safely handed over after locating his family. That is the full story. But it does not trend. Because it does not fit the narrative. This is how modern information warfare works. A fragment of truth, stripped of context, amplified by powerful platforms, and consumed by millions as fact. And in the process, the real victim, the child used as a shield, disappears from the story. Not everything viral is truth. Sometimes, it is propaganda dressed as outrage.

And then Nigel Farage walks out of PMQs with his Reform MPs. Last to leave green benches is Robert Jenrick, who dismisses the chamber with a wave of his hand.

Global warming?!? Just over a week to go until Easter and we need to get our big coats back out! I wouldn’t mind a bit more global warming to be honest, right now.

This story from Turkish propaganda outlet TRT World has gone viral. The IDF says the story is "completely unfounded." A Hamas terrorist approached the Yellow Line holding an "unidentified object"... who later turned out to be a toddler being used as a human shield. The soldiers fired at the roadside to warn the suspect to back away. It is "likely" that "splinters" caused injuries to the suspect and the concealed toddler. The suspect was apprehended and admitted to entering Israeli territory during the October 7 Massacre. The child was placed under the full supervision of an IDF physician until the Red Cross came to pick him up, wrapped in a thermal blanket.

Israeli soldiers tortured this 18-month-old baby in Gaza to force a confession out of his father during an interrogation

This story from Turkish propaganda outlet TRT World has gone viral. The IDF says the story is "completely unfounded." A Hamas terrorist approached the Yellow Line holding an "unidentified object"... who later turned out to be a toddler being used as a human shield. The soldiers fired at the roadside to warn the suspect to back away. It is "likely" that "splinters" caused injuries to the suspect and the concealed toddler. The suspect was apprehended and admitted to entering Israeli territory during the October 7 Massacre. The child was placed under the full supervision of an IDF physician until the Red Cross came to pick him up, wrapped in a thermal blanket.

Israeli soldiers tortured this 18-month-old baby in Gaza to force a confession out of his father during an interrogation

Israeli soldiers tortured this 18-month-old baby in Gaza to force a confession out of his father during an interrogation

This story from Turkish propaganda outlet TRT World has gone viral. The IDF says the story is "completely unfounded." A Hamas terrorist approached the Yellow Line holding an "unidentified object"... who later turned out to be a toddler being used as a human shield. The soldiers fired at the roadside to warn the suspect to back away. It is "likely" that "splinters" caused injuries to the suspect and the concealed toddler. The suspect was apprehended and admitted to entering Israeli territory during the October 7 Massacre. The child was placed under the full supervision of an IDF physician until the Red Cross came to pick him up, wrapped in a thermal blanket.

This story from Turkish propaganda outlet TRT World has gone viral. The IDF says the story is "completely unfounded." A Hamas terrorist approached the Yellow Line holding an "unidentified object"... who later turned out to be a toddler being used as a human shield. The soldiers fired at the roadside to warn the suspect to back away. It is "likely" that "splinters" caused injuries to the suspect and the concealed toddler. The suspect was apprehended and admitted to entering Israeli territory during the October 7 Massacre. The child was placed under the full supervision of an IDF physician until the Red Cross came to pick him up, wrapped in a thermal blanket.

This story from Turkish propaganda outlet TRT World has gone viral. The IDF says the story is "completely unfounded." A Hamas terrorist approached the Yellow Line holding an "unidentified object"... who later turned out to be a toddler being used as a human shield. The soldiers fired at the roadside to warn the suspect to back away. It is "likely" that "splinters" caused injuries to the suspect and the concealed toddler. The suspect was apprehended and admitted to entering Israeli territory during the October 7 Massacre. The child was placed under the full supervision of an IDF physician until the Red Cross came to pick him up, wrapped in a thermal blanket.